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Over the past decade it has been increasingly recognized that medical errors constitute an important determinant of patient safety, quality of care, and clinical outcomes. Such errors are both directly and indirectly responsible for unnecessary and potentially preventable morbidity and/or mortality across our healthcare institutions. The spectrum of contributing variables or ""root causes"" - ranging from minor errors that escalate, poor teamwork and/or communication, and lapses in appropriate protocols and processes (just to name a few) - is both extensive and heterogeneous. Moreover, effective solutions are few, and many have only recently been described. As our healthcare systems mature and their focus on patient safety solidifies, a growing body of research and experiences emerges to help provide an organized framework for continuous process improvement. Such a paradigm - based on best practices and evidence-based medical principles- sets the stage for hardwiring ""the right things to do"" into our institutional patient care matrix. Based on the tremendous interest in the first two volumes of The Vignettes in Patient Safety series, this third volume follows a similar model of case-based learning. Our goal is to share clinically relevant, practical knowledge that approximates experiences that busy practicing clinicians can relate to. Then, by using evidence-based approaches to present contemporary literature and potential contributing factors and solutions to various commonly encountered clinical patient safety scenarios, we hope to give our readers the tools to help prevent similar occurrences in the future. In outlining some of the best practices and structured experiences, and highlighting the scope of the problem, the authors and editors can hopefully lend some insights into how we can make healthcare experiences for our patients safer.

Medical errors --- Patients --- Prevention. --- Safety measures. --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Preventive Healthcare --- Health Sciences

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It is clearly recognized that medical errors represent a significant source of preventable healthcare-related morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, evidence shows that such complications are often the result of a series of smaller errors, missed opportunities, poor communication, breakdowns in established guidelines or protocols, or system-based deficiencies. While such events often start with the misadventures of an individual, it is how such events are managed that can determine outcomes and hopefully prevent future adverse events. The goal of Vignettes in Patient Safety is to illustrate and discuss, in a clinically relevant format, examples in which evidence-based approaches to patient care, using established methodologies to develop highly functional multidisciplinary teams, can help foster an institutional culture of patient safety and high-quality care delivery.

Medical care. --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Healthcare --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Public health --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Preventive Healthcare --- Health Sciences

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Human behavior accounts for the majority of morbidity and premature mortality throughout the world. This book explores several areas of human behavior including physical activity, nutrition and food, addictive substances, gun violence, sexual transmitted diseases and more. Several cutting edge methods are also examined including empowering nurses, community based participatory research and nature therapy. Less well known public health topics including human trafficking, tuberculosis control in prisons and public health issues in the deaf community are also covered. The authors come from around the world to describe issues that are both of local and worldwide importance to protect and preserve the health of populations. This book demonstrates the scope and some of the solutions to addressing today's most pressing public health issues.

Public health. --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Medicine --- Public Health --- Preventive Healthcare --- Health Sciences

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This Special Issue explores the cross-disciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications of socio-environmental vulnerability assessment that can be incorporated into sustainable management. The volume comprises 20 different points of view, which cover environmental protection and development, urban planning, geography, public policymaking, participation processes, and other cross-disciplinary fields. The articles collected in this volume come from all over the world and present the current state of the world’s environmental and social systems at a local, regional, and national level. New approaches and analytical tools for the assessment of environmental and social systems are studied. The practical implementation of sustainable development as well as progressive environmental and development policymaking are discussed. Finally, the authors deliberate about the perspectives of social–environmental systems in a rapidly changing world.

Research & information: general --- energy from biomass --- pellets --- wood waste --- municipal waste --- noise --- acoustic space --- socio-environmental vulnerability --- Support Vector Machines --- spatial policy --- preventive healthcare --- healthcare facilities --- decision support system --- renewable energy --- solar energy radiation --- sustainable development --- ArcGIS --- Tableau --- inter-municipal cooperation --- cross-sectoral partnerships --- place-based and integrated development --- sustainable management --- integrated planning index --- Poland --- eco-environmental risk assessment --- land use planning --- analytical hierarchy process --- GIS --- mountain region --- Nepal --- political environment --- sustainable tourism --- impact --- world heritage --- Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve --- Kazakhstan --- R --- open-source software --- dataset --- meteorology --- climate --- SYNOP --- geospatial information --- cluster --- sustainable economy --- SDG implementation --- vulnerability and adaptation assessment --- climate change --- ecological restoration --- watershed management --- community-based assessment --- indigenous peoples --- adaptability --- socio-ecological system --- flood risk --- municipality --- Nysa Kłodzka sub-basin --- local development --- municipalities --- nature protection --- national park --- technical infrastructure --- questionnaire survey --- climate analogues --- Factor Analysis on Mixed Data (FAMD) --- clustering --- education --- farm management --- ecological vulnerability --- geospatial analysis --- natural environment --- society --- aging --- environmental hazards --- periodization --- multidimensional statistical analysis --- Ward's method --- green infrastructure --- technogenic soil --- soil water retention --- synanthropic flora --- urban vegetation --- heritage protection --- fortified landscape --- green roofs --- integrated environmental assessment --- quality of runoff water --- performance system --- cycling --- cycling routes --- slow cities --- traffic safety --- sustainable mobility --- urban planning --- water resources --- environmental flow --- hydropower production --- Jiuqu stream --- tourism impact --- impact perception --- stakeholders --- assessment --- indicators --- resource-based economy --- mineral resources --- energy from biomass --- pellets --- wood waste --- municipal waste --- noise --- acoustic space --- socio-environmental vulnerability --- Support Vector Machines --- spatial policy --- preventive healthcare --- healthcare facilities --- decision support system --- renewable energy --- solar energy radiation --- sustainable development --- ArcGIS --- Tableau --- inter-municipal cooperation --- cross-sectoral partnerships --- place-based and integrated development --- sustainable management --- integrated planning index --- Poland --- eco-environmental risk assessment --- land use planning --- analytical hierarchy process --- GIS --- mountain region --- Nepal --- political environment --- sustainable tourism --- impact --- world heritage --- Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve --- Kazakhstan --- R --- open-source software --- dataset --- meteorology --- climate --- SYNOP --- geospatial information --- cluster --- sustainable economy --- SDG implementation --- vulnerability and adaptation assessment --- climate change --- ecological restoration --- watershed management --- community-based assessment --- indigenous peoples --- adaptability --- socio-ecological system --- flood risk --- municipality --- Nysa Kłodzka sub-basin --- local development --- municipalities --- nature protection --- national park --- technical infrastructure --- questionnaire survey --- climate analogues --- Factor Analysis on Mixed Data (FAMD) --- clustering --- education --- farm management --- ecological vulnerability --- geospatial analysis --- natural environment --- society --- aging --- environmental hazards --- periodization --- multidimensional statistical analysis --- Ward's method --- green infrastructure --- technogenic soil --- soil water retention --- synanthropic flora --- urban vegetation --- heritage protection --- fortified landscape --- green roofs --- integrated environmental assessment --- quality of runoff water --- performance system --- cycling --- cycling routes --- slow cities --- traffic safety --- sustainable mobility --- urban planning --- water resources --- environmental flow --- hydropower production --- Jiuqu stream --- tourism impact --- impact perception --- stakeholders --- assessment --- indicators --- resource-based economy --- mineral resources

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This Special Issue explores the cross-disciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications of socio-environmental vulnerability assessment that can be incorporated into sustainable management. The volume comprises 20 different points of view, which cover environmental protection and development, urban planning, geography, public policymaking, participation processes, and other cross-disciplinary fields. The articles collected in this volume come from all over the world and present the current state of the world’s environmental and social systems at a local, regional, and national level. New approaches and analytical tools for the assessment of environmental and social systems are studied. The practical implementation of sustainable development as well as progressive environmental and development policymaking are discussed. Finally, the authors deliberate about the perspectives of social–environmental systems in a rapidly changing world.

energy from biomass --- pellets --- wood waste --- municipal waste --- noise --- acoustic space --- socio-environmental vulnerability --- Support Vector Machines --- spatial policy --- preventive healthcare --- healthcare facilities --- decision support system --- renewable energy --- solar energy radiation --- sustainable development --- ArcGIS --- Tableau --- inter-municipal cooperation --- cross-sectoral partnerships --- place-based and integrated development --- sustainable management --- integrated planning index --- Poland --- eco-environmental risk assessment --- land use planning --- analytical hierarchy process --- GIS --- mountain region --- Nepal --- political environment --- sustainable tourism --- impact --- world heritage --- Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve --- Kazakhstan --- R --- open-source software --- dataset --- meteorology --- climate --- SYNOP --- geospatial information --- cluster --- sustainable economy --- SDG implementation --- vulnerability and adaptation assessment --- climate change --- ecological restoration --- watershed management --- community-based assessment --- indigenous peoples --- adaptability --- socio-ecological system --- flood risk --- municipality --- Nysa Kłodzka sub-basin --- local development --- municipalities --- nature protection --- national park --- technical infrastructure --- questionnaire survey --- climate analogues --- Factor Analysis on Mixed Data (FAMD) --- clustering --- education --- farm management --- ecological vulnerability --- geospatial analysis --- natural environment --- society --- aging --- environmental hazards --- periodization --- multidimensional statistical analysis --- Ward’s method --- green infrastructure --- technogenic soil --- soil water retention --- synanthropic flora --- urban vegetation --- heritage protection --- fortified landscape --- green roofs --- integrated environmental assessment --- quality of runoff water --- performance system --- cycling --- cycling routes --- slow cities --- traffic safety --- sustainable mobility --- urban planning --- water resources --- environmental flow --- hydropower production --- Jiuqu stream --- tourism impact --- impact perception --- stakeholders --- assessment --- indicators --- resource-based economy --- mineral resources --- n/a --- Ward's method